Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• Bernardo
• Imani
• Shanna
• Tess
• Travis

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Introduction
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Definition

• An authors use of language in creative and
  unusual ways. This wordplay is called figurative
  language.

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Simile

• A simile uses like or as to compare two things.

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Bernardos Example

• The huge whale drifted like a gray cloud in a
  sky-blue sea.

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Metaphor

• A metaphor makes a comparison by saying one thing
  is another.

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Shannas Examples

• The huge whale was a gray cloud in a sky blue
  sea.
• The dancer was a butterfly gliding across the
  stage.

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Personification

• The author describes an animal or object as if it
  were human. This wordplay is called
  personification.

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Traviss Examples

• The house sighed as we turned off the lights and
  went to sleep.
• The engine roared as we screeched into the
  driveway.

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• Imagery
• the use of language that appeals to our senses.

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Tesss Examples

• The train belched smoke into the crisp autumn air
  as it whistled down the tracks.
• The water rippled softly down the ever flowing
  stream.

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Flashback

• A scene from the characters past that is
  described or remembered during the story

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Imanis Example

• I remembered when I got hit by the stolen car
  three years ago. I was just trying to get my
  baseball out of the middle of the street.

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Remember!!!!

• When you use figurative language you can create a
  new world for you
• and your reader.

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The End